Rejected duckling!!! HELP

[DuCKS333]

Also one more question to add as I’ve only incubated before. Obviously adult ducks are not recommended to eat chick crumb. But when mumma duck is in there 24/7 it’s obviously impossible to stop her or feed her anything different incase the babies choke on it. Will her eating it have any adverse side effects??

The chick crumb is in medicated & organic.

 

[DuCKS333]

The chick crumb is in medicated & organic.

UNMEDICATED!!! Sorry autocorrect

 

[DuCKS333]

Mumma duck & babies are currently living in a raised up chicken coop (without the chickens obviously) she was moved on Wednesday from the original chicken run that was on ground floor as I suddenly realised the amount of gaps that were present allowing in rats and had an absolute panic as I know rats are definitely present in the area.

The new raised coop has a little window for them to allow in natural light and I’ve also added in some little fairy lights so they can see what they’re doing when it’s darker. They seem to be happy and did not mind being moved. We do have a ready made proper run for them in a stable but last weekend my hand reared very special goose Peggy snapped her beak and we’ve had to use it for a sick bay to keep her as clean as possible. (On another backyard chicken post! Poor Peggy)

Hoping to move these guys across to the bigger and brighter coop next weekend as I know they need more natural light.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Chick crumb is like an all flock feed, so I wouldn't be worried about her eating it. Maybe provide her a dish of oyster shell. She wont be laying right away, but I leave oyster shell out at all times. My smaller duckling turned out to be a girl. But, yours might just be playing catch up with the difficult hatch.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I always feed my mamas and babies chick crumb. It's good for mama too.
Can the ducklings get their head in those holes? to dunk their heads?
Look forward to a lot more pictures as they grow.

 

[AfiafiAfi]

I never fed my mama Cayuga chick crumbs though judging by the experts’ opinions it won’t turn out bad,layer pellet is what I feed mine and used to feed my old momma duck and there really turned out nothing to be wrong though I wouldn’t recommend it for the tiny ones.
The holes of course don’t look big enough and mine couldn’t really dunk their head in those tiny holes but that didn’t lead to a big problem since the holes weren’t that small and they could clean their nostrils.(I personally really like hole-feeders and bought three different sizes,because the most important thing they prevent is stop the babies from sitting on their feed,mashed feed is what I mean and does not allow them to splatter it everywhere.)